Boy commits suicide after spat over shampoo

New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) A 15-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide after a quarrel with his two younger sisters over using a shampoo sachet, Delhi Police said Tuesday. The body of Anmol Saxena, a class 11 student, was found hanging from the ceiling in the bathroom of his home in Shakarpur area in east Delhi Monday, police said.

“The boy had a quarrel with his sisters after he found a shampoo sachet empty. He slapped his sisters and latched himself inside the bathroom,” a senior police officer said.

An hour later his sisters shouted for him but there was no response from inside while the tap was running.

“The girls immediately told their father about it and he broke open the door to find Anmol hanging from the ceiling,” the officer said.